Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump admin. order that allowed state and local governments to refuse the resettling of refugees.
"We're grateful to Judge Messitte for upholding the rule of law and ensuring that the United States remains a place of welcome for the world's most vulnerable," Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of the refugee service, said in a statement.
Since fiscal year 2010, “more refugees have been received in Texas than in any other state,” he wrote. On Monday, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, defended his decision to continue accepting refugees to a legislative committee after he was questioned by fellow GOP lawmakers.
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